epopeia
Portuguese, noun
epopeia is spelled E-P-O-P-E-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Epopeia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “epic, epopee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, epopéia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of epopeia; may still occur as…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “extenso poema narrativo onde o divino se confunde com a realidade, e a lenda com a história, geralmente…”.
What does epopeia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineepic, epopee
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of epopeia; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. extenso poema narrativo onde o divino se confunde com a realidade, e a lenda com a história, geralmente invocando algo ou alguém de valor extraordinário 2. ato ou atos de características grandiosas, dignos de uma epopeia
noun: 1. vide epopeia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of epopeia
- epopéias plural
- epopeias plural
- epopéia alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to epopeia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is epopeia in Portuguese?
epopeia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).